S 1685 · 116th Congress 2019โ€“2021, ended

Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019

Latest action · Sep 25, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 23, 2019
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Energy (DOE) to establish a program for the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power.

Specifically, DOE must

  • identify opportunities to accelerate the development of commercially viable carbon capture technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions;
  • enter into cooperative agreements with certain entities to license, permit, construct, and operate at least three facilities to capture carbon dioxide from natural gas generating power facilities; and
  • identify any barriers to the commercial development of carbon capture technologies.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 23, 2019 to Jul 24, 2019; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LABill CassidyOriginalMay 23, 2019
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMay 23, 2019
I-AZKyrsten SinemaOriginalMay 23, 2019
R-COCory GardnerJul 24, 2019

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateEnergy and Natural Resources Committee
Referred May 23, 2019Markup Jul 16, 2019Reported Sep 25, 2019
Energy Subcommittee
Hearings Jul 9, 2019

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Reported by Senator Murkowski with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-118.
  2. Sep 25, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 221.
  3. Jul 16, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. Jul 9, 2019Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 116-327.
  5. May 23, 2019Introduced in Senate
  6. May 23, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

In the Congressional Record 2

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S6870John Cornyn R-TXDec 5, 2019
SenateDebate and remarks S4837John Cornyn R-TXJul 16, 2019

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Committee report

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Feb 4, 2020S. 1685, Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019As reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on September 25, 2019

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 116-327PENDING LEGISLATION72 pagesEnergy and Natural Resources CommitteeJul 9, 2019

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

ProductTitleKindPublished
R46372Summary and Analysis of S. 2657, the American Energy Innovation Act ArchivedReportMay 27, 2020

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3828Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019Related billJul 18, 2019

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a program for the research, development, and demonstration of commercially viable technologies for the capture of carbon dioxide produced during the generation of natural gas-generated power.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019
Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
Launching Energy Advancement and Development through Innovations for Natural Gas Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Energy.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 25, 2019Reported to Senate
  2. May 23, 2019Introduced in Senate

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